"If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. He put in your heart certain wishes and plans, and in my heart he put other and different desires. It …"

"I was born on the prairie where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures and everything drew a free breath. I want to die there…"

"I have always been a friend to the white man. I have always tried to live in peace. But he has always tried to take my land and my life."

"The white men are coming like a wave. They cover the land. They are like grasshoppers. They eat everything."

"The Great Spirit made us all. He made the white man and the red man. He gave us different ways. We should respect each other's ways."